Product Description

Sharpen your strategy and shot-making skills! Whether it's eight ball, nine ball, straight pool, or one pocket, Precision Pool will reveal the secrets the pros know.

Authors Gerry "The Ghost" Kanov and Shari "The Shark" Stauch leave nothing to chance, sharing the wealth of experience they gained from coaching or competing against virtually every top professional player. The result--Precision Pool--is simply the most comprehensive and useful book ever written on pool.

This updated second edition includes the following:

• Grips
• Vision and aim
• Power breaks
• Bank shots
• Combinations
• English
• Safeties
• Practice plans
• Match strategies
• 200 full-color diagrams of critical shots, common patterns, and trick shots

Whether you are a weekend player or seasoned professional, if you are serious about improving your game, Precision Pool is your best shot.

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Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #57646 in Books
• Published on: 2007-11-20
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Paperback
• 264 pages

Features

• ISBN13: 9780736073875
• Condition: NEW
• Notes: Brand New from Publisher. No Remainder Mark.
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Review

"Precision Pool contains valuable information that can be obtained only from instructors who have dedicated themselves to the sport. Shari Stauch and Gerry Kanov have that dedication, and it is reflected in this book. Precision Pool is required reading for players looking to improve their game."

Harold Simonsen
Publisher of Pool & Billiard Magazine and PoolMag.com

"Precision Pool is required reading. An indispensable shortcut for the savvy player!"

Vicki Paski
WPBA Hall of Fame

“As a former pro and renowned publisher in the billiard industry, Shari Stauch has been privy to some of the best instructors and players of all time. Precision Pool is an accumulation of that vast and valuable knowledge.”

Charlie Williams
World Class Pro & Founder of Dragon Promotions

From the Publisher
"Precision Pool contains valuable information that can be obtained only from instructors who have dedicated themselves to the sport. Shari Stauch and Gerry Kanov have that dedication, and it is reflected in this book."

Harold Simonsen
Publisher of Pool & Billiard Magazine and PoolMag.com

"Precision Pool is required reading. An indispensable shortcut for the savvy player!"

Vicki Paski
WPBA Hall of Fame

About the Author
Gerry "The Ghost" Kanov and Shari "The Shark" Stauch combine an unprecedented wealth of professional pool experience and talent to create this book. Both are staff members of Pool & Billiard Magazine, the top publication for the sport. They have played and worked with virtually every top professional pool player and instructor in the world.

Kanov has been playing professional and amateur pool since 1968. He has dozens of local and national top 3 finishes and championships, including two national team championships as a player and coach. He is an instructional editor and technical advisor for Pool & Billiard Magazine and has written dozens of instruction articles, including the popular "Ghost" and "Eight Ball Ernie" columns, P&B reader favorites.

Kanov was a touring professional on the Camel Pro Billiard Series and a coach for several top players. He also has a screen credit: He portrayed a referee in the motion picture The Color of Money. Kanov and his wife make their home in Nashville, Tennessee.

Stauch, a member of the Women's Professional Billiard Association (WPBA) Hall of Fame, was a touring pro on the Women's Pro Billiard Tour from 1980 to 2004, when she retired to pursue promotion of the sport full time. She was consistently ranked in the top 32 players in the world, even while serving as executive editor of Pool & Billiard Magazine and handling publicity for the Women's Pro Billiard Tour. She has performed dozens of exhibitions for clients, including Gordon's Gin and ESPN.

Stauch was the founding president of the Billiard Education Foundation, which conducts youth billiard national championships and scholarship programs. Stauch also was involved as a consultant for The Color of Money. In 2003 she was selected as the billiard mentor for You Can Do It, a book conceived by United Flight 93 heroine Lauren Catuzzi Grandcolas to inspire women to try new sports and hobbies. Shari resides with her husband and two children outside of Charleston, South Carolina.

Together, Kanov and Stauch authored the first edition of Precision Pool as well as Pool Player's Edge: Advanced Skills, Shots, and Strategies for 8-Ball and 9-Ball.

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Customer Reviews

Precision Results with Precision Pool
At last, a book on pool that EXPLAINS what you are trying to do and doesn't assume you are related to Willie Mosconi. You gain a better understanding of the reactions of the cue ball and an accurate insight of where the target ball will go. Well written, beautifully illustrated, and logically laid out, this book has already shown improvement in my game and will do the same for yours.

Precision Pool
A few years back, my husband introduced me to pub nights and the game of pool. Even though my play was sporadic at best, I immediately loved the game and took on the challenge of getting better. Now, I play whenever I can and am looking to join a league.

Since I've learned to play pool mostly through trial and error and by watching other people, I always wondered what bad habits I had picked up while trying to improve my game. When I saw the book Precision Pool, I had to have it.

I would highly recommend Precision Pool to anyone wanting to improve their game. This book starts with the basics: everything from the stance and creating a proper bridge (an area I needed some guidance in) to finding the right cue for the job at hand and understanding the construction of a pool table. The majority of the book, however, focuses on how to succeed at key shots and set up for the next shot.

For best success, you can practice these shots by replicating the full color illustrations and instructions given for each set of angles, strategies, and trick shots. I read the book, went off to the pub to play a few games. I was surprised at how much I retained and was able to use during actual play. Even though I'm still getting used to the new bridge, I can already see a drastic improvement in my game. My husband even wants to borrow the book now.

Finally, a writer, publisher and editor with a clue!
As a chef and pool fanatic, I have, over the years, built an extensive pool and cookbook library. While the culinary arts have mastered the recipe for successful publishing, it's about time pool authors and publishers released a FULL COLOR edition of a pool instruction book. This book has awesome color diagrams, photos and brilliant content. If you are even remotely serious about playing pool, or know someone that is, for less than $20, Precision Pool is a must! Don't hesitate to order this book. If this can't help your game, give up - nothing can!